Plant-protector



(No Model.)

L. G. HUNTER. PLANT PROTECTOR.

No. 594,474. Patented Nov. 30,1897.

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NITED STATES LAURA G. HUNTER, OF EWING, ILLINOIS.

PLANT- PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,474, dated November30, 1897.

Ap li ation filed March 2'7, 1897. Serial No. 629,534. (No model.)

have invented a new and useful Plant-Pro tector, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to plant-protectors, its object being to providea protector which will be cheap and durable and one which cannot easilybe displaced by wind, rain, &c.

WVith these ends in view the invention consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of the various parts, which will be morefully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvedplant-protector. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the severalfigures.

The main body of the protector (indicated by 1) is made of heavywaterproof paper, preferably about the thickness of heavy pasteboard.The protector is cylindrical in form, and its upper end is closed and ispreferably convex in its outer surface, as indicated at 2. The lower endof the paper body is open, and secured to this lower end is a strip oftin 3, bent into cylindrical form. This tin may fit either inside oroutside of the paper body, as preferred, or its edge may be insertedinto the body of the paper protector, as indicated in the drawings inFig. 3.

4 represents a piece of wire bent to substantially U shape, with itslooped end 5 fitting over the convex end of the protector and itsparallel arms 6 extending down the sides of the protector opposite eachother. The arms extend below the bottom edge of the tin strip 3 for apurpose to be hereinafter referred to. The middle portion of the loopedend 5 of the wire is bent outwardly to form a handle 7, by means ofwhich the protector can be moved from place to place. The wire issecured in place on the cover by a series of wire staples, (indicated by8,) and similar staples secure the upper edge of the tin cylinder to thelower edge of the paper protector, as indicated at 9. It is of course tobe understood that any other suitable fastening dethe protectors may beof any suitable size to adapt them for the special kind of plant to beprotected.

In using the protector it is placed over the plant and the ends of thewire arms and the tin strip are forced downwardly into the ground. Inthis manner the protector cannot easily be blown out of position by thewind and no special fastening devices are required to keep it in place.By using the waterproof paper the protector will not be affected byrain, and it will consequently last for a long time.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A plant-protector,comprising a cylindrical main body portion made from heavy waterproofpaper with its upper end closed, a sheetmetal cylindrical extensionsecured to the lower end of the paper cylinder, a wire bent tosubstantially U shape with its loop fitting over the closed end of thepaper cylinder and forming a handle, and its arms extending down thesides of the protector at opposite points and extending beyond the lowerend of the sheet-metal cylinder, and devices to secure the partstogether, substantially as described.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LAURA G. HUNTER.

Witnesses:

H. RICHESON, D. H. HOUSE.

